Film Reviews

Andrew McArthur 16 December 2014

"Let me tell you about Christmas. It ain't all candy canes and pretty lights." It would be impossible to make...

Scott Clark 15 December 2014

Most X-mas horrors go for the ‘psycho in a Santa suit’ scenario to yield maximum fright from a slash-happy festive...

Hannah Newton 15 December 2014

Sin City: A Dame to Kill For has been a long time coming, 9 long years in fact. It’s...

Andrew McArthur 14 December 2014

If the late Andy Williams and countless cinematic festive classics are to be believed, Christmas is the most wonderful time...

chris Banks 8 December 2014

Peter Jackson’s decision to revisit Middle Earth has been, at best, one of mixed fortunes. With the gargantuan burden of...

Paul 5 December 2014

It seems a number of characters from recent animated hits - such as 'Puss in Boots' from Shrek 2 (2004)...

Andrew McArthur 5 December 2014

Slipping out with little fanfare this week is Kevin MacDonald's Black Sea - a submarine thriller with its roots firmly...

Paul 28 November 2014

It seems that within certain Hollywood circles they believe that if something isn't broken you keep rehashing it until it...

Alice Hubley 28 November 2014

OK so after ten years of being in this city I’m a Londoner, and a cynical one at that. Any...

Andrew McArthur 18 November 2014

Tommy Lee Jones returns to the director's chair for The Homesman - a bleak, yet stirring Western drama with a...

Alice Hubley 17 November 2014

James Brown lived a fantastical rags to riches crazy, crazy life. From his early days living in brothels and on...

Alice Hubley 17 November 2014

Schmidt (Jonah Hill, The Wolf of Wall Street, This is The End) and Jenko (Channing Tatum, Magic Mike, Foxcatcher)...

Andrew McArthur 14 November 2014

Given his invaluable contribution to both the war effort and world of science and technology, it is somewhat staggering to...

Andrew McArthur 14 November 2014

Hot on the trail of the darkly compelling Bullhead, director Michaël R. Roskam returns with Brooklyn set crime drama, The...